Good morning, all ya alls! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
So, what shall we talk about? Let's see... what is (not) in the news cycle this morning? Oh yeah, Jimmy Carter is still a racist, Paterson tells Obama "We'll see about that..." (not literally, mind you), and I guess The One doesn't feel like his butt crack is clean enough, because he's appearing on Letterman this week.
Now, without further adieu, I'm adding a free bonus video!
Frankly, I think that song, like every other song ever written, is about drugs. Seriously. I think every pop song ever written is a veiled reference to drugs. Dont' believe me? Name any song, and think about it. Drugs. I blame the hippies.
But I digress. As an added bonus this fine Monday morning, if you act now, you will receive the following links absolutely free! That's right, free!
You Suck at Craig's List
Passive Agrressive Notes
That's right - for the price of free, you receive this morning's open thread, some news stories, a free video, and two really fun 'waste time at work' type links for absolutely nothing!
Oh, and by the way, in case anyone was wondering or cares, I am on the final stretch of our new home. I hope to get the admin/moderator staff in there sometime today or tonight for some beta testing, so hopefully this week we will have a nice housewarming party. :)
Monday, September 21, 2009
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I just realized. I need to cut back on the coffee.
ReplyDeleteWhy cut back on coffee? It makes for excellent code skills. :)
ReplyDelete/been there, done that, dropped the semi-colons....
I come back and realize I didn't get left out of the Grand Opening. Many things to appreciate in life.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the hard work RB!
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Thanks for the hard work RB!
ReplyDeleteHey, you're welcome. I've fallen behind a little, but it's a software project. You can't have a software project without sliding milestones ;)
Why cut back on coffee? It makes for excellent code skills. :)
ReplyDeleteTrue, but no one, and I mean no one, should be this hyper on a monday morning.
Hello!
ReplyDeleteIs there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
No... wait...
re: RB
ReplyDelete"You can't have a software project without sliding milestones ;)"
I hear that all the time from the software engineers I work with!
My common reply is "I've got my own problems, just fix the damn thing."
But Hey, those suckers are getting paid for what they don't do! 8-)
Top
nod...nod
ReplyDeleteRelax... it's just a little pinprick...
ReplyDeleteHello J.D. - gee it's good to see you out here.
ReplyDeleteAnd Top, good to see you too.
And of course PaladinPhil and whathisname, Running Bare,that's it! LOL.
Bare every "pop song" isn't about drugs unless you define pop as Woodstock era Rock and SOMEe of it thereafter.
Hey, that's great news about our beta launch!
And, for a treat for the ears, try this out:
http://www.imeem.com/joshadawah/music/popNFGJq/rockapella-folgers-coffee-commercial/
And oh yeah, this is realwest!!!!
Morning J.D., Top. Just thinkg the new site is almost here. :)
ReplyDeleteGood morning agent 6p00e...., how's things in your neck of the woods this morning?
ReplyDeleteGotta go feed the tax machine ... love this guy Jamey Johnson ...
ReplyDeleteIn Color ...
realwest:
ReplyDeleteQuite a handle you have there Buddy!
How the heck will I ever remember all that? You know I'm not all that bright!
Good to see you anyway, hope you and Mom are doing OK my friend!
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Bare every "pop song" isn't about drugs unless you define pop as Woodstock era Rock and SOMEe of it thereafter.
ReplyDeleteName a song. Any song.
Hey P2 - things are ok, I guess - got some more dental pain (so what's new, right?! It the damn cancer, cancer meds and meds to take away the pain of the cancer meds that are collectively ruining my teeth!)how are y'all doing?
ReplyDeleteI'm really excited about the new site coming up so everyone will know I'm realwest, not Agent 6p00e or whatever.
And here's another song for y'all to hopefully enjoy listening to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5PKULglde8
And here's another song for y'all to hopefully enjoy listening to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5PKULglde8
ReplyDeleteThat song is totally about drugs. You see the way she is singing, "let me go crazy" (i.e. she will be howing at the moon, and seeing hallucinations, etc...) "On you" - the "you" she is refering to is obviously some form of narcotic.
Ok Bare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWUOmk7wO0&feature=related
ReplyDeleteUm, Running Bare my friend, I think you've got drugs on the brain today! Hopefully that's only that you're THINKING about drugs!
ReplyDeleteSo ok, try this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3T_xeoGES8
Hey, {real}, that's some moniker ya got there! LOL!
ReplyDeleteThat's too easy. They didn't wnat Neil Young to come down there to the south because they already had good drugs, so they didn't need Ol' Neil. Plus, I think that "Sweet Home Alabama" was actually backwoods slang for Mary Jane. The Marijuana. The Devil's Weed.
ReplyDeleteMorning P2
ReplyDeleteHope all is well with you and yours this fine day!
*cough* *cough* *cough* hey, man whaddy'all mean by backwoods slang *cough* hey, pass that on over here, that be some mighty fine, uh, backwoods slang!
ReplyDelete:)
Hey there {J.D.} yeah, I swear, first week I was on here TypePad had Realwest written in front, but ever since it's been this code bs.
ReplyDeleteHow've you been doing?
Hey, {6p00e55005f9c78834}. How about you?
ReplyDeleteI've been doing pretty well. Got plane tickets for my son and his wife to come next Saturday and stay for a week. I'm hungry at the moment... must feed...
BlogSpot must have made a change os some kind, because right around the time that Realwest turned in Secret Agent Man, avatars here started showing up. Coincidence? I dont' think so.
ReplyDeleteFrankly, I think that song, like every other song ever written, is about drugs. Seriously. I think every pop song ever written is a veiled reference to drugs. Dont' believe me? Name any song
ReplyDeleteOK,I have one for ya
Always With Me,Always With You
Yeah that's something I don't get EITHER - why Secret Agent Man and no avatar? Y'all have both my realwest name and my avatar or at least CC does so what, are you gonna tell me YOU can't do some coding or whatever to get that right?!
ReplyDeleteLOL! (ouch! damn tooth)!
Seriously I can't hardly wait for y'all to finish up the new site! I just know with you doing it up, it's gonna be GREAT!
Jimmy Carter’s Race Problem
ReplyDeleteWhen Carter returned to Plains, Georgia, to become a peanut farmer after serving in the Navy, he became a member of the Sumter County School Board, which did not implement the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision handed down by the Supreme Court. Instead, the board continued to segregate school children on the streets of Carter’s hometown.
Carter’s board tried to stop the construction of a new “Elementary Negro School” in 1956. Local white citizens had complained that the school would be “too close” to a white school. As a result, “the children, both colored and white, would have to travel the same streets and roads in order to reach their respective schools.” The prospect of black and white children commingling on the streets on their way to school was apparently so horrible to Carter that he requested that the state school board stop construction of the black school until a new site could be found. The state board turned down Carter’s request because of “the staggering cost.” Carter and the rest of the Sumter County School Board then reassured parents at a meeting on October 5, 1956, that the board “would do everything in its power to minimize simultaneous traffic between white and colored students in route to and from school.”
OK,I have one for ya
ReplyDeleteAlways With Me,Always With You
You dont' get that good unless you're practicing scales and stuff for like 12 hours a day. How does one do that? Drugs. And apparently, they were always with him, and he was was always with them.
Seems the Afghan commander made be at odds with the WH and Congress when it comes down to dealing with the problem there.
ReplyDeleteTime will tell on how the "Won" will handle the request for more troops from his pick to lead the fight!
How long before the big bus is fired up for it's run at the Gen? Any bets!
Gen McChrystal needs more troops
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Hey Sasquatch! How are you my friend? And I KNEW that RB would find a drug reference in that one! LOL!
ReplyDeleteNow here's an easy one for RB - but it's a great song and I wanted y'all to listen and enjoy!
http://www.imeem.com/jukeboxmusic15/music/aw7GktJ1/steve-winwood-higher-love/
The idea that Obama thinks he knows more about what's best for combat operations, and the necessary manpower needed, is laughable on its face.
ReplyDeleteThat won't stop the arrogant prick from thinking he knows best though, and make decisions without considering the knowledge and opinions of, you know, the people who do it for a living.
Now here's an easy one for RB - but it's a great song and I wanted y'all to listen and enjoy!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.imeem.com/jukeboxmusic15/music/aw7GktJ1/steve-winwood-higher-love/
Yeah, that one is pretty much self-explanatory. LOL
You dont' get that good unless you're practicing scales and stuff for like 12 hours a day. How does one do that? Drugs.
ReplyDeletehmmm...yeah, I can see that.
And good morning, Real, hope the day has found everyone well.
Hey Top - realwest here and it seems obvious from President Obama's comments on his Sunday Talk Show circus, that he isn't gonna authorize our men and women to go into harm's way unless it's somehow related to Al-Quaeda!
ReplyDeleteUh, Mr. President, your predecessor - you know that dumb as a box of rocks George W. Bush wouldn't let the Taliban run Afghanistan because they provided a safe haven from which Al-Q could recruit, equip, train and plan attacks like the ones of 9/11/01; so why don't you want to deny control of Afghanistan to the Taliban you stupid POS?!
Now, now real. President Obama is the product of institutes of higher learning. In fact he's one of the most intelligent men in that post.
ReplyDelete/excuse I need a shower. I feel so dirty after typing that.
RB:
ReplyDelete"That won't stop the arrogant prick from thinking he knows best though, and make decisions without considering the knowledge and opinions of, you know, the people who do it for a living."
That statement sums up what most soldiers in Iraq or Afghan thinks of most politians that show up in their AOs! I hated to hear "Congressman d__khead" will be here on friday to talk to the troops friday when I was there!
I hated to hear "Congressman d__khead" will be here on friday to talk to the troops friday when I was there!
ReplyDeleteUgh. I hear ya.
ROTFLMAO! (ouch!) just love this headline and story from Rasmussen:
ReplyDeleteAmericans Now View Congress As Least Respected Job
Monday, September 21, 2009
With the health care debate raging in Washington, D.C., there’s one change Americans clearly believe in: Members of Congress have now surpassed corporate CEOs to hold the least favorably regarded profession in the country.
Rasmussen Reports periodically asks adults their views of nine major professions. In both June and February, corporate chief executive officers rated at the very bottom, no surprise really given the country’s economic straits. Members of Congress in both surveys came in next to last - but not any more.
Just one-out-of-four Americans (25%) have a favor opinion of members of Congress. Seventy-two percent (72%) view them unfavorably. There’s some intensity in that perception, too. Only four percent (4%) have a very favorable view of congressmen, while 37% view them very unfavorably.
Even 56% of Democrats have an unfavorable view of Congress although their party controls both the House and the Senate. Of course, their opposition pales next to the 86% of Republicans and 81% of adults not affiliated with either party who have an unfavorable opinion of Congress.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/general_business/september_2009/americans_now_view_congress_as_least_respected_job
realwest: Can't figure out why you would hold back so much on your opinions me friend! lol Just let it out, you'll feel so much better!
ReplyDeleteReplied earlier to you, but I guess you missed it!
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The world of a blue State.
ReplyDeleteAn insane killer, who've escaped before, an who just 3 weeks ago the judge ruled had regressed and should remain committed was taken on a field trip to a county fair on FAMILY DAY!
Meanwhile a gun grabbing mayor who is so incompetent he was bounced in the primary continues with his ways, trying to ban guns in Seattle's parks. After he's been told by the State AG he can't, it would violate State Law.
And they think I and others are the crazy one for carry concealed firearms. When they declare parks safe zones for predators and let insane killers loose on family day in a fair, it would almost be irresponsible not to carry. The ones tasked with public safety certainly aren't up to the task.
BTW, the same agency DSHS task with keeping insane killers under control is the same one in charge of the foster care system.
*fume* *mutter*
'cuse me I think I need to write another letter to the Queen (otherwise know as the governor) and wait for the reply where she blames everyone else.
Oh and btw, RB - THANK YOU for the video - "Mexico" is probably my favorite James Taylor song of all time!
ReplyDeleteDrugs or not!
:)
Good (almost) afternoon (on the east coast) friends! RB, are you sure that's just coffee you're drinking?
ReplyDeleterealwest, so good to see you! Hope you're feeling well today.
Here's what I'm listening to this morning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFD5qnMkNPo
'cuse me I think I need to write another letter to the Queen (otherwise know as the governor) and wait for the reply where she blames everyone else.
ReplyDeleteThat woman can't be out of office fast enough for me. Obama took Ron Sims away from us, but left her.
Please, Obama, isn't there some Assistant Assistant Assistant Director to the Assistant in charge of Assisting the Secretary of Some Agency position you could have tapped her for??
RB, are you sure that's just coffee you're drinking?
ReplyDeletePretty sure. Unless the girl at the coffee stand slipped me a mickey because she wants to have her way with me... Hmmm...
Well Top you know me, I'm always kinda soft peddaling my opinions!
ReplyDeleteI seriously can't stand politicians who think they know more about military matters than the real pro's do - like you and certainly like
Gen McChrystal who truly understands how the war in Afghanistan should be fought.
But, who knows, maybe one day I'll let it all out in a full throated rant!
LOL!
Ok...who's in charge of popping the popcorn & setting-up the kegs of beer: Russia Deploys Coast Guard To Rebel Georgian Region
ReplyDeleteGawd..I just love it when a plan comes together.
RB,
ReplyDeleteYou patronizing one of the Seattle Area's Famous Bikini Baristas?
Just got out of class after giving one group the "call to Jesus" talk.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I'll take some heat for it, but their papers sucked shit through a straw. On the upside, I started Thucydides today, which I use as a vehicle for teaching them about the cold war and the stupidity of the argument about about America as an "Evil Empire."
My Lithuanian student supported whole-heartedly my condemnation of Obama on the missle defense thing. As I said, anyone who would trust Vladimir Putin should (1) have his head examined, (2) be given a serious wedgie, (3) be subsequently known to all as "dipshit," (4) all of the above.
RB,
ReplyDeleteYou patronizing one of the Seattle Area's Famous Bikini Baristas?
No, but I saw a sign for one once, and it had one of those reader boards with the replacable letters... and it was for a espresso stand and it had "XXX GIRLS!" on it. I thought about stealing an "L" from down the street, and changing the sign to read "XXL GIRLS!" but I've been too busy.
enuff: That is very worrisome to me. My son is underwater at an undisclosed location, presumably using his linguistic skills. I want things to be very, very quiet in that part of the world for the next few months.
ReplyDeleteLucius: Hey, I missed you yesterday. It's depressing but not surprising that students have such poor writing skills these days. All they're asked to do in h.s. is fill in Scantron sheets.
Hey JCM and doppelganglander - good to see you here!
ReplyDeleteAnd I gotta say doppelganglander that I've never heard that before but I like it a lot!
Course without some rain you can't grown drugs.
See RB - he's the one who insists that there is some reference to drugs in popular music and he blames those hippies (of which I was one for about two years right out of Vietnam!).
Lucius,
ReplyDeleteI did a bit of a history piece over at my place, and it was linked here on the weeked. (So it's only a little bit of shameless blog pimping.
Mr. President; Why the Change?
A Historical Perspective.
Sorry, I noticed a few things that need to be cleaned up. I suck as an editor especially my own stuff.
realwest,
ReplyDelete"But, who knows, maybe one day I'll let it all out in a full throated rant!"
Give me a heads up when you plan that! I want to get here early for a good seat!
Got to deal with a few problems here at work! "WORK" Now there's a word I'm beginning to not like!
Also, it's time for the PSTFU button! He's on the air again.
bbiab
Pretty sure. Unless the girl at the coffee stand slipped me a mickey because she wants to have her way with me... Hmmm...
ReplyDeleteRB woke up. Grogily, he looked about the room trying to figure out where he was. It was damp, and the air was thick with the smell of stale cigarette smoke, stale alcohol, stale urine, and the sort of perfume worn only by the cheapest, sleaziest floozies in the more disreputalbe side of the bay. Suddenly the door opened. Two burley Chinese led him up the creaking stairs, out of the basement into a small, dark office.
"Welcome to Singapore, Mr. Bare."
He didn't even have to look. He knew that voice, grating at his ears like a hot needle probing an old wound. It was his old nemesis.
Unperturbed, he lit a Lucky, took a good long draw and leaned back in the chair. "So the cute Barrista was with you all along -- I gotta hand it to you -- you sure know how to pick 'em. So what do you say we cut the bullshit and get down to business."
The man winced. They had played this game before and it had never gone well.
Jesus. You just described a typical day for me. Except, it's not Singapore, but rathere my day job. Whoa...
ReplyDeleterealwest, in that case somebody must be growing a LOT of drugs in the southeast! I hope you're on high ground. Our house is on a small hill so we haven't had a problem so far, but there's a little creek (actually more like a drainage ditch) about 50 feet from our basement door. It usually drains away from our house, but if it overflows, who knows what will happen.
ReplyDeleteHey Lucius - I dibs number (4) - how are you today - other than bracing for the blowback from your come to Jesus meeting with your students?
ReplyDeleteYou're really a meanie, y'all know that, right?
I mean, you expect college kids to like work or something when they do research papers! And what's worse, that's probably the sum and substance of what the Dean will say to you!
It's depressing but not surprising that students have such poor writing skills these days. All they're asked to do in h.s. is fill in Scantron sheets.
ReplyDeleteYep. They can't think. They can't read. They can't write. But boy oh boy can they fill in little circles with pencils!
You're really a meanie, y'all know that, right?
ReplyDeleteI'm not mean. I'm a masochist. Or at least that's how it seemed when I looked at their little faces today.
OK, gotta take the oldest boy home -- he joined me at the office this morning.
ReplyDeleteReal, Lucius,
ReplyDeleteAin't that the truth. I get NCG engineers (new college graduate) in here who can't trouble shoot systems to save their lives, no "thinking skills" it's sad.
I was bio-chem in college but took history course with a (w) writing courses for the fun it.
Lucius Septimius said: Yep. They can't think. They can't read. They can't write. But boy oh boy can they fill in little circles with pencils!
ReplyDeleteAnd their self-esteem is incredible. Which of course makes it almost impossible to teach them.
My kids are all good writers because they're avid readers. They all hated high school, too - the oldest hated it so much we took her out of 9th grade and home schooled her.
doppelganglander - oh yes indeedy, I do live on high ground! Oh wait, you mean high as in above the water line!
ReplyDeleteYeah, that too! Course our apartment complex is in a little bitty valley, so if the HEAVY rains ever arrive, we get SOAKED! Indoors!
LOL!
And if you're seriously worried about that creek (which you call a drainage ditch but us real estate professionals call a "creek"!) y'all ought to be out buying pumps and hoses!
:)
doppel,
ReplyDeleteI came back to the US for my last 2 years of high school. My first class in the US in high school was world geography... the material was stuff I'd learned in the 5th grade.
Hey JCM - where were you before you came back to the US for the last two years of high school?
ReplyDeleteInquiring minds and all that!
Real,
ReplyDeleteIran.... folks were missionaries. 1966 to 1976.
My school for the very curious.
realwest: I don't think we're to that point yet. Lowe's and Home Depot are probably sold out of pumps anyway.
ReplyDeleteJCM: One of the reasons my daughter asked to be homeschooled was her 9th grade world geography class. It involved coloring maps. It was supposed to be an honors class. (She did very well because she'd been a fan of "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" since early childhood.) It's always been our position that even when the kids are in public school, they get their education at home.
(smacks self on forehead, I KNEW THAT but I forgot that I knew it!). 1976 huh? Good thing they left when they did!
ReplyDeleteUh, on that there map you so kindly provided, where about is what was the US Embassy at the time?
dopple,
ReplyDeleteMy 5th grade class I was the only American, 28 kids and something like 25 nations represented. Geography we learned the nations, in the late 60's that was changing all the time. We learned the capitals, type of government, ethnic groups, religions, major products
Real,
ReplyDeleteAbout two klicks NNW....
OK got it. Woulda been easier if they'd written the damn street names in English though!!
ReplyDeleteYes I am an American. Why do you think I'm
"Ugly"??!
:)
JCM, that kind of curriculum would be considered child abuse in most fifth grade classrooms. A hundred years ago, kids learned Latin in upper elementary school (if they were rich, anyway). But the soft bigotry of low expectations blankets our school systems from coast to coast.
ReplyDeleteThe embassy, that soccer field just North and East of the Embassy compound, figured in the hostage rescue plans. The embassy had to many trees so the field was going to be the LZ, the embassy did have a gate in the N.E. corner closest to the field.
ReplyDeleteThey tried to develop a system where they could put C-130s down on the field initially. JATO bottles facing forward that would fire on landing to give it extremely short landing capability. They showed they could do a JATO takeoff in that space. But the landing system didn't work in testing.
doppleganglander: My great-grandfather and grandfather learned latin in elementary school, and we are talking one room school house. My father and mother took two classes of english in high school. English literature and english grammar/writting. Myself, after public school I wasn't taught grammar in high school. We were expected to know it by then. Funny thing was I got my mitts on my public school report cards and discovered that I failed grammar all the way through. Isn't our modern school system great?
ReplyDeleteDecapitation Terrorizes Al Qaeda
ReplyDeletehttp://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articles/20090920.aspx
"This Hellfire campaign is hitting al Qaeda at the very top, although only a quarter of the attacks so far have taken out any of the most senior leaders. But that means over half the senior leadership have been killed or badly wounded in the last two years. Perhaps even greater damage has been done to the terrorist middle management. These are old and experienced lieutenants, as well as young up-and-comers. They are the glue that holds al Qaeda and the Taliban together. Their loss is one reason why it's easier to get more information on where leaders are, and why rank-and-file al Qaeda and Taliban are less effective of late.
...Rumor has it that big money was paid for the information that made some of these attacks possible. It's bad enough that al Qaeda is losing senior people, it's worse that they are now seen, by local tribesmen, as a way to get rich. Al Qaeda leaders now know what it's like to be terrorized."
Phil, that's one impressive one-room school house. My dad took Latin in high school (Catholic school). I wish I had taken it, but I took French, which is the only reason I know any grammar at all. I vaguely remember learning basics like noun/verb/object/adjective/adverb in 4th grade. Anything else I absorbed by osmosis while reading.
ReplyDeleteHuh, JCM that's very interesting and I hadn't heard about it before. I'd always assumed that they would use Choppers (Sea Stallions) as the "getaway" vehichles for the hostages, with Navy air providing what cover they could.
ReplyDeleteThe botched hostage rescue plan (Operation Eagle Claw) iirc was gonna use the Sea Stallions to lift the hostages out into the desert where they could board those C130's and fly away.
But the hostage rescue was never as easy as anyone (outside those who understood certain details such as the trees and gate and that field) thought. I mean, back then Teheran was a city of over one million people kinda hard to sneak your way in, but doable; sneaking your way out with 54 hostages in who knew what kind of physical condition was an entirely different matter. And of course, we couldn't just use chopper gunships or close in air support, too much risk of too many civilians living in and around the Embassy becoming "collateral damage".
HI Kenneth - boy, I sure hope that the Stategy Page has that one right.
ReplyDeleteI'm convinced that the major reason Bush was able to keep the US free from any major terrorist attacks after 9/11 was that he kept Al-Q on the run - no where to run, no where to hide and fighting it out proved to be a disaster in Tora Bora. Mind you, the Al-Q fighter in Tora Bora were very,VERY tough guys and fought hard, but they were up against the Army Rangers and iirc the 10th Mtn Div. and ALL of that fearsome US Airpower and were just killed by the truckload. Letting Al-Q set up shop again ANYWHERE much less back in a Taliban governed Afghanistan is just going to lead to more attacks on the US on US soil.
President Obama, hope y'all know all that.
Hey, {y'all}
ReplyDeletemr hightechredneck is selling a motorcycle and has a couple of online ads posted.
I'm thinking you gotta be careful when you post something for sale on the internet. I'm just guessing, but I'd say English is not this person's first language:
"Dear Sale I am Mr Gold C.Freeman the manager of ALPHA STORE,my inquiry mail is in respect of the item you posted on http:// regarding to the product you adverticed i will like to know the availability and i will like to received your last price and mode of payment in your reply, hope you still have it now,if yes i will like to get back to me soon.do you accept money order,check,or creadit card? I will be glad to read from you.Thanks RegardMr Gold c. Freeman"
:-)
hi, redstate! I wonder if Mr. Gold C. Freeman got his start in Nigeria? At least he's trying to master English. That's better than what I hear from some people born here.
ReplyDeleteROTFL! Hi ya red - y'all got here just as I gotta leave and do SOMETHING about this tooth ache.
ReplyDeleteHope y'all have a great day and that I get the chance to see y'all down the road.
Took the boy home and had some lunch. It looks like football practice is cancelled on account of the rain. I also cancelled one of my afternoon classes for the same reason -- too many folks just can't be there on account of the weather. That was ok -- they are actually about a week ahead on their readings. I like that.
ReplyDeleteReal,
ReplyDeleteA few things about the climate in Tehran at the time.
Not everyone thought the Embassy take over was a good idea. In fact it wasn't even a "government" idea. The Iranians government's first response was to end it quickly they didn't what the US pissed at them.
The demonstrations in front of the embassy were far from spontaneous.
When Rabbit Bait showed every sign of just rolling over the Mullahs and Khomeini just sat back and watched that limp dick flop around. Had there been a serious US response early on in the crisis Khomeini would like have been tossed out, and the moderates taken control.
As it was Rabbit Bait's criminal malfeasance (IMHO) cemented Khomeini's position as the leader.
Mmmmm... I love the smell of propoganda in the morning.
ReplyDeleteServe.Gov - " push the president and push his administration..."
A veritable feast of National Endowment for The Arts and The White House, slathered in a nice ACORN sauce. Yum!
Carter never saw a "popular movement" that he didn't love. Whether it was the Sandanistas, the Nigerian radicals, or the Mullahs, as long as they hated the US, he was ok with it.
ReplyDeleteNever forget that Carter was not just a liberal; he was a product of a branch of American populism that had always seen the government in Washington and the money interests in New York City as inherently evil. He is a socialist of a very old, but not terribly well-known variety -- home grown American with close ties to the far fringes of the evangelical movement.
Student -- got to deal with complaints.
RB,
ReplyDeleteRacist!
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God, family, country.
Duty, honor, country.
Nothing about POTUS.....
Bush on Jimmy Carter (2008): "If I'm ever eighty-two years old and acting like that have someone put me away."
ReplyDeleteHeh.
God, family, country.
ReplyDeleteDuty, honor, country.
Nothing about POTUS.....
Yeah, but we're like, you know, totally old fogeys and stuff like you know? It's soooooo a new reality now, man. We're like soooo totally not hip.
Running Bare said...
ReplyDeleteMmmmm... I love the smell of popoganda in the morning.
FTFY
In order to continue your vein from above:
..the One doesn't feel like his butt crack is clean enough, because he's appearing on Letterman this week.
Great!
Many thanks RB for your sarcasm and work you're doing for us.
re: Realwest, may your toothaches vanish quickly. Later!
Good afternoon.
ReplyDeleteConfusing economic views are all the rage now a days:
Leading indicators show recession 'bottoming out'
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/leading-indicators-show-recession-bottoming-out-2009-09-21
"The U.S. recession is bottoming out and a recovery is near, economists for the Conference Board said Monday after reporting that the index of leading economic indicators rose 0.6% in August, the fifth straight increase.
The coincident index - designed to measure current activity -- was flat in August after an upwardly revised 0.1% gain in July, the private research organization said. The increase in July was the first since September 2008 and just the second since the recession began in December 2007. Read the full report.
Five of the 10 leading indicators improved in August, and two others were unchanged. The leading indicators are designed to forecast economic activity about six to nine months ahead.
"These data add further evidence to the growing view (and our long-held belief) that the official end date of the recession is likely to be sometime in the third quarter," wrote Michelle Girard, an economist for RBS Securities."
Now, some weeks ago the MSM declared that the recession was over.
In just the last few days President Obama and VP Biden stated that the stimulus was working and the economy is turning around.
Now the numbers above say that it might be the 3rd quarter that we see some improvement.
You know what? No one really knows for sure what is going to happen and those who try to tell you otherwise are lying to you or kidding themselves.
As I have been saying over and over again, we need to see increasing employment and growing GDP. Period.
Eventually the economy will start to grow again cause of classical economic adjustments and the expansive monetary policy. It's just a matter of when. But you can count on Obama taking credit for it when that happens.
Once again, thanks for your economic commentary 3 wood. Helps me to panic that much better and in a proper way. ;)
ReplyDelete/Hey, I still have a job, I can't complain too much.
3 wood!
ReplyDeleteIt's the stimulus don't ya' know! (who cares not much has hit the economy) Obama has saved us, Hallelujah!
//
You know what? No one really knows for sure what is going to happen and those who try to tell you otherwise are lying to you or kidding themselves.
ReplyDeleteThat's the sense I got. I was reading the WSJ this morning (got a free print edition at the Hotel for a change) and saw all sorts of conflicting signs.
Perhaps the real problem is that we no more know how economies function than we know how stars are formed. Sure, we have lots of theories, and lots of empirical data, and the application of one to the other very often provides decent predictors, but neither theory nor observed phenomena necessarily constitute genuine knowledge.
Educated guesses; calculated risks; reasonable assessments. Unambiguous PowerPoint briefing fodder; not so much.
Lucius,
ReplyDeleteWe do know one thing. The Smith / von Mises / Friedman approach works better than the Keynes / Krugman approach.
We do know one thing. The Smith / von Mises / Friedman approach works better than the Keynes / Krugman approach.
ReplyDeleteWell, yeah! That's because it's based on how things are, rather than on how some folks would like things to be. Wishful thinking will screw you up every time -- what's true of dating is equally true of economics.
We do know one thing. The Smith / von Mises / Friedman approach works better than the Keynes / Krugman approach.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. In these depressing socio-economic political times, you can't go wrong with The Smiths...
Hey 3wood - glad to have you here with us!!
ReplyDeleteHi, 3wood! Obama believes that if he says the economy is in recovery, it will come to pass by the sheer force of his magnificent personality. That's called magical thinking and is typical of pre-Industrial societies, small children, and fools that buy books like "The Secret."
ReplyDeleteThat's called magical thinking and is typical of pre-Industrial societies, small children, and fools that buy books like "The Secret."
ReplyDeleteYep. That pretty much describes the Democrat party. They might not chronologically be children, but developmentally they have tantrums, can't sit still, and can't stop sticking things in their mouths.
Get ready for hyper inflation once income starts to rise again. We have pumped way too many billions of cash into the financial system not to.
ReplyDeleteI know some who do not understand economics, monetary policy, and econometrics are going with the "hope" theory that somehow this will all work out OK in the end and we won't have inflation.
Well, I got a hint for any folks operating under such a delusion, the only way for the Fed to stop inflation is to put the economy into another recession by contracting the money supply and jacking the discount rate way up. Which they are not about to do any time soon.
Whenever employment increases and disposable income goes up, inflation is going to jump.
JCM: Krugman is an ass. He was forecasting doom and gloom each quarter for about 8 years. His biggest detractor is some guy called Luskin.
ReplyDeleteHe also has a good head on his shoulders when it comes to markets.
McChrystal: More Forces or 'Mission Failure'
ReplyDeleteTop U.S. Commander For Afghan War Calls Next 12 Months Decisive
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/20/AR2009092002920_pf.html
On a thoroughly random note, I keep thinking that the "code" generator attached to the comment function might be a good source for the names of characters in a novel.
ReplyDelete"We do know one thing. The Smith / von Mises / Friedman approach works better than the Keynes / Krugman approach."
ReplyDeleteNo self respecting economist l know of listens to a word Krugman says for anything other than comic relief.
PaladinPhil said...
ReplyDeleteJCM: Krugman is an ass.
Job requirement at the Slimes.....
Damn, talk about timing. I haven't seen Poor and Stupid for a couple weeks, and the last post from Saturday is slamming Paul Krugman.
ReplyDelete/serendipity, gotta love it.
3 wood
ReplyDeleteSomebody should tell the WH......
Not to get too technical here, but the Keynesian approach of shifting out the aggregate demand curve via government spending to increase real GDP, works well only if the aggregate supply curve is relatively flat.
ReplyDeleteYou can easily check this yourself by drawing a flat supply curve and a steep supply curve on a graph, then shift the demand curve out and to the right and see what happens in each supply curve case.
With the steep supply curve, you get a lot of inflation and very little increased supply.
So the usefulness of Keynsian theory depends a lot on what shape the aggregate supply curve is. I think it is relatively steep. Folks like Krugman think the supply curve is flat.
So far, experience seems to indicate that I am correct.
Speaking of the Slimes..... do I detect a sour note?
ReplyDeleteGood Will, but Few Foreign Policy Benefits for Obama
But eight months after his inauguration, all that good will so far has translated into limited tangible policy benefits for Mr. Obama. As much as they may prefer to deal with Mr. Obama instead of his predecessor, George W. Bush, foreign leaders have not gone out of their way to give him what he has sought.
Lucius Septimius said...
ReplyDeleteOn a thoroughly random note, I keep thinking that the "code" generator attached to the comment function might be a good source for the names of characters in a novel.
I was skimming it for possible new nics, but I think they'd do very well for a sci-fi novel. For example, I just atersivi, which would be great for the queen of an ice planet.
Good afternoon Patriots.
ReplyDeleteHi Kenneth - Haven't had the chance yet to thank you for your defense, bravery and loyalty to Littleoldlady.
ReplyDeleteI was deeply moved and shaken by it.
Has anyone been in contact with Shug?
ReplyDeleteHi Jorline, what's up with Shug?
ReplyDelete/sorry, work is really busy today and hectic.
Equir trembled in fear as he approached the throne of the dreaded queen of the ice world of Rendan. Atersivi was not known to be merciful, especially to whose who violated the sacred groves. Whether crushed between the asteroids in Rendan's rings or frozen solid in the methan clouds and then dropped to shatter like crystal on the hard floor of her audience chamber, those who crossed her payed in full for their transgression. Equir knew that his only hope lay in reminding her of the one moment of passion they had shared, when her icy mantle had melted into a hot torrent of liquid desire. It was a perilous course, but it was the only one open to him now.
ReplyDeleteJorline: We. Dig. Shug.
ReplyDeleteGood morning, all!
I can confirm the bikini coffee place/XXXL Girls story. R/B may be amped up on the bean, but he's not making stuff up. : )
Thanks for the J/T Bare! Not only is that one my favorite of his, it's also 6833of9783224's (or whatever his name is today). [CC nudges realwest.]
Shug had his account deleted from a Blog-That-Shall-Not-be-Named over the weekend, and it was done in spectacular fashion.
ReplyDeleteI believe there has been some contact with Shug, and I really hope to see the guy 'round these parts hereabouts.
However, let's not "go there" :)
Hey 2P.
ReplyDeleteI heard Shug was bounced yesterday.
Lucius,
ReplyDeleteYou forgot.....
It was a dark and stormy night.......
Hey, CC! How are you this morning?
ReplyDeleteCallahan,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words, but I don't think I did anything remarkable. I simply pointed out the truth, that littleoldlady was falsely accused, and suggested what I thought the right thing to do was. That didn't seem acceptable to the powers that be.
What happened next was certainly a teaching moment.
It was a dark and stormy night.......
ReplyDeleteAre you trying to tell us that Lucius is SNOOPY!?!?!?!?
I agree on both counts RB. I would really like to see Shug here...enough said.
ReplyDeleteHere is the Famous Polymath typing at his computer.
ReplyDeleteSome are here as refugees; others only seek the solace of company.
And I? I have a tragic past and have joined the "Blog of lost souls" to forget.
And I? I have a tragic past and have joined the "Blog of lost souls" to forget.
ReplyDeleteWe're like the Foreign Legion that way.
Hi Jorline, what's up with Shug?
ReplyDelete/sorry, work is really busy today and hectic.
Good morning, P2! Not to go into detail, but Shug is cool.
And that's about as far into that wading pool as we want to go. Bare will start pulling posts if we go down that road.
I can't write novels, but I can whip off good dusk-jacket blurbs with the best of them.
ReplyDeleteBare will start pulling posts if we go down that road.
ReplyDeleteYes I will. If there get to be too many though, I'll sit on my hand until it goes numb, so it'll feel like it's a stranger doing it.
Hey, CC! How are you this morning?
ReplyDeleteI'm great, thanks! What I can't figure out is why you want to meet for coffee at noon instead of lunch. Sounds like it's going to come spilling out your ears in a minute. LOL
I'm great, thanks! What I can't figure out is why you want to meet for coffee at noon instead of lunch. Sounds like it's going to come spilling out your ears in a minute. LOL
ReplyDeleteOk. How about lunch THEN coffee? :D
I missed RW this morning. Was he talking trash about last nights game?
ReplyDeleteAfternoon CC...hope all is well.
ReplyDeleteTucson schools create race-based system of discipline
ReplyDeleteWith the goal of creating a “restorative school culture and climate” that conveys a “sense of belonging to all students,” the board is insisting that its schools reduce its suspensions and/or expulsions of minority students to the point that the data reflect “no ethnic/racial disparities.”
“School data that show disparities in suspension/expulsion rates will be examined in detail for root causes. Special attention will be dedicated to data regarding African-American and Hispanic students.”
The board approved creating an “Equity Team” that will oversee the plan to ensure “a commitment to social justice for all students.”
Jorline, I haven't seen everything, but I think r/w has been a perfect angel about the game.
ReplyDeletereduce its suspensions and/or expulsions of minority students to the point that the data reflect “no ethnic/racial disparities.
ReplyDeleteOh, that'll work. It's sort of the application of the leftist view of foreign policy to study hall.
"The price of blood goes down/so the value of lunch money will go up."
RB
ReplyDelete“School data that show disparities in suspension/expulsion rates will be examined in detail for root causes. Special attention will be dedicated to data regarding African-American and Hispanic students.”
Root causes like poor behavior?
The "Equity Team" is DOOMED without an "Equity Czar".
Oh, that'll work. It's sort of the application of the leftist view of foreign policy to study hall.
ReplyDeleteWe should do the same thing with prisons, and jobs and such then - let enough criminals out of prisons to the point that the data reflect “no ethnic/racial disparities."
Also, if there are employers out there where the ethnic/racial disparities do not match the ethnic/racial makeup of the country, some people are going to have to be fired and replaced with people of other ethnic/racial backgrounds.
/In the interest of 'Social Justice', of course
*mutter mutter* Post got eated. Anyway I found the info I was looking for. Thanks Jorline, CC, and RB. Hope someone has his e-mail and invites him.
ReplyDeletelamo CC. I'm waiting for his email.
ReplyDeleteRomo gift wrapped the game for the Giants last night.
Will only say one time.
ReplyDeleteI would like to see Ben Hur here.
Good fella.
But this is not my blog, and I respect those who are putting it together to invite who they want to.
I really appreciate the invite and the hard work you have all done.
I'll be more than happy to invite lots of people here, as long as we can, you know, move on from talking about "the other place" :)
ReplyDeleteRB said:
ReplyDeleteThe board approved creating an “Equity Team” that will oversee the plan to ensure “a commitment to social justice for all students.”
That in a nutshell is the difference between justice and social justice. I prefer the former, thank you very much.
Done deal, RB.
ReplyDeleteWe are the Folk Song Army.
ReplyDeleteEveryone of us cares.
We all hate poverty, war, and injustice,
Unlike the rest of you squares.
Got a post already to go for tomorrow. Saved it and then thought about it some more. Going to have to re-write the bloody thing, essentially breaking it up into two posts. As well I am going to a friends place after work to help her move furniture. I am doomed I tell you, doomed.
ReplyDelete/she has wine, I can't resist...
Was the state of Washington that was looking to change "passing" to achieve your HS diploma? IIRC they want to make a 60 average eligible for graduation. Sports was a whole different story...as long as the student/athlete was passing one ONE class they would be able to play.
ReplyDeleteGoal Post moved!
Goal Post moved!
ReplyDeleteLCD, the state of education today.
Herro, Mr. Sasquatch!
ReplyDeleteJorline: It's disgusting the way student athletes are exploited at some schools. The school doesn't care whether they're learning or not as long as they're winning games. The 95% of them that are not going to the NFL/NBA/MLB receive a worthless diploma and are completely unqualified for a job better than janitor. (Nothing against janitors, but you see my point.)
ReplyDeleteThe big lie is that they're doing all this "for the chiiiiiilllllldreeeeennnn." Lowering standards does NOT help kids. It's failing them at the most basic level by failing to provide an education. But their self-esteem is sky-high!
We love everyone, but it sounds like (another) gentle reminder is necessary this morning:
ReplyDeleteThere are a number of places to talk about other blogs if that's what you want to do. You won't get excluded here for going there and doing that (it's still a free country) - but we simply don't want to do it here.
It's a rear-view mirror thing. A glance is one thing. Staring into it is another. We're moving on, and we'd love for you to move on with us.
Please move on with us. : )
So what's in the news today?
Was the state of Washington that was looking to change "passing" to achieve your HS diploma? IIRC they want to make a 60 average eligible for graduation. Sports was a whole different story...as long as the student/athlete was passing one ONE class they would be able to play.
ReplyDeleteI believe it is, if our current state office of the superduperintendent is any indication.
Too many students were failing and not graduating, you see. Gotta get the numbers up. Social Justice, you know.
ReplyDeletedopple, I agree.
ReplyDeleteIt was the same way almost 40 years ago when I was in HS and a student/athlete. I played all sports and received automatic C's just for showing up and helping the teacher maintain order. HS was a breeze, little did I know how much those C's would bite me in the butt in college.
RB...dumbing down of America.
ReplyDeleteAnd in Seattle the Super just proposed lower standards to increase graduation rates, a D average will graduate.
ReplyDeleteThat was fun, a multimillion dollar piece of hardware, and the backlight dies on the monitor. A $15 part, and million bucks sits idle till I run out and buy a new monitor.
Jorline,
ReplyDeleteDumb people are dependent people.......
JCM said...
ReplyDeleteJorline,
Dumb people are dependent people.......
Dems Desire Dumb Dependents
Utah graduates 86% of students. Tied with ND for the highest rate.
ReplyDeleteSpending UT spends the least and ND is in the middle of the pack.
US Census Bureau, pp12.
I can already see the British-style headline:
ReplyDeleteDopey Dems Ditch Detention: Colorful Criminals Cop Comfy Condos, Con Clueless Congress.
Utah graduates 86% of students. Tied with ND for the highest rate.
ReplyDeleteSpending UT spends the least and ND is in the middle of the pack.
US Census Bureau, pp12.
Oh, but that's because they're all racists out there -- they don't need to spend lots of money to educate white folks because they're all rich. Besides, they probably teach creationism and a "Christian" interpretation of American history, so it's not like they're really being educated.
Remember, the purpose of public education is socialization and exposure to diverse people and viewpoints. You can't get that in ND and UT. No sir; no way. Their teachers don't deserve the money that they do in the big eastern cities where they are focussing on the legitimate social goals that is what public education is all about.
A set of DD's.
ReplyDeleteJorline said...
ReplyDeleteA set of DD's.
Now that I'd like to see.
JCM: in UT and ND, you've got a relatively homogeneous population and strong families. In areas where many kids come from what we used to call broken homes, where education is not valued, you can spend money like Michael Jackson and still get poor results.
ReplyDeleteRemember, the purpose of public education is socialization and exposure to diverse people and viewpoints. You can't get that in ND and UT. No sir; no way. Their teachers don't deserve the money that they do in the big eastern cities where they are focussing on the legitimate social goals that is what public education is all about.
ReplyDeleteBilly Ayers, is that you?
;-P
Jorline,
ReplyDeleteBOOB THREAD!
Billy Ayers, is that you?
ReplyDeleteNah. I just know the cant. I'm Snoopy, remember?
Lucius, it's frightening how well you can channel the leftist line.
ReplyDeletedoppelganglander said...
ReplyDeleteLucius, it's frightening how well you can channel the leftist line
Years of practice.
BTW, did you like my cover blurb for your sci-fi book?
doppel,
ReplyDeleteYep, Daniel P. Moynihan warned us back in the 60's.
Called him a racist for it they did, now they reap what they sowed 'cause the "problem" is spreading.....
Feast your eyes Lucius
ReplyDelete(Dems Desire) (Dumb Dependents)
You were hoping for a boob thread? LOL
JCM said...
ReplyDeleteJorline,
BOOB THREAD!
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
and they're not fake...real boobs
Lucius Septimius said:
ReplyDeleteBTW, did you like my cover blurb for your sci-fi book?
Yes, very much. Molten passion on an ice planet, sounds highly marketable.
Did somebody say 'boob thread'?
ReplyDelete:')
I read a fascinating book years ago when I was supervising student teachers. The author was a good radical leftist, but she made an amazing confession. All the leftard curricular "ideas" -- constructivist teaching, whole language, etc. -- were based on the premise that kids did most of their learning at home. Their parents taught them how to read, how to write, and basic math skills. The schools were laboratories where they could experiment with all sorts of new social engineering ideas without worrying about whether or not anyone learned anything. Consequently, all these new methods looked great, or appeared to look great so long as they were in upper-middle class white schools where they didn't have to teach the basics to the students. In the inner city schools, these programs were abyssmal failures. But no one would talk about that -- failure instead became the argument to throw more money at the schools in urban areas, provide more resources to support the "new curricular initiatives" and "best practices." And resources there were, but the only ones who benefited were administrators and select teachers in pet programs. Meanwhile, test scores were in free fall.
ReplyDeleteThe author described well how thoughtful teachers responded when they saw the destruction of minority communities by the educational ideas they all had been taught in schools of education: they left teaching in the schools, went to grad school, and remained in the universities where their beloved theories would never be sullied by the muddy ickiness of reality.
The book was an eye opener.
JCM said...
ReplyDeletedoppel,
Yep, Daniel P. Moynihan warned us back in the 60's.
Called him a racist for it they did, now they reap what they sowed 'cause the "problem" is spreading.....
DPM sounded the alarm when the out-of-wedlock birthrate among African-Americans was 25%. It's now about 66%. The rate for whites at that time was, IIRC, below 5%; it's now around 25%. Most of those unmarried dads disappear before Junior is potty trained. For boys especially, it's disastrous.
Lucius: Wow. I can't believe that was published. The author was probably run out of town with torches and pitchforks.
ReplyDeleteOh, she couched it in all the properly pc terms. Besides; she was black so she could get away with it.
ReplyDeleteAre you swimming up there yet?
Obama want's gov't to take over student loans.
ReplyDeleteObama wants to tie "community service" to student loans.
Obama's Sec. Ed. is tied to CAC and Ayers.
Ahhhhh, anyone else see a trend?
BBL
ReplyDeleteTime for my daughters volley ball game.
Academics...straight A's
Athletics...C at best.
I'm a proud Papa
Gotta run off before the roads are totally impassible. And no sign that the rain is going to let up anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteLucius,
ReplyDeleteHave I got the wheels for you!
Lucius: Still dry, thanks. Stay safe out there on the road.
ReplyDeleteEducation is in the eye of the parent! If the parent keeps an eye on the childs education they mormally do well (even with some difficulty), but when that eye isn't there we get what we have in many school systems today. And I do know there are some students that have the individual drive which can overcome even this!
ReplyDeleteIn many systems, it's not so much about education, but social engineering.
FYI, my last confirmation password was asingrag. I think I have my villain's name.
ReplyDeleteLucius, stay safe and good to see you here!
ReplyDeleteTop
via Hot Air.....
ReplyDeleteJimmy Carter: Bush may have been behind anti-Chavez coup
“I think there is no doubt that in 2002, the United States had at the very least full knowledge about the coup, and could even have been directly involved,”
*grinds teeth*
A set of DD's.
ReplyDeleteNow that I'd like to see.
Oh yeah!!!!!1!
You were hoping for a boob thread? LOL
ReplyDelete( * )( * )
Rabbit Bait, never meet a commie, thug or dictator he didn't like......
ReplyDelete*spit*
*grinds teeth*
ReplyDeleteSeriously... why does that old segregationist leftist get any attention these days? I thought racists were A Bad Thing™???
RB,
ReplyDeleteOur racist are bad.... their's are heros.....
Our racist are bad.... their's are heros.....
ReplyDeleteAh. Of course, how silly of me.
Meanwhile, more and mor eis being exposed about the National Endowment for the Arts conference call that seems to have been a big time violation of anti-lobbying laws.
ReplyDeleteI mean, what could possibly go wrong when government agaencies, in cooperation with the White House, decide to push “a group of artists, producers, promoters, organizers, influencers, marketers, taste-makers, leaders or just plain cool people to join together and work together to promote a more civically engaged America and celebrate how the arts can be used for a positive change!” - by which they mean “to help lay a new foundation for growth, focusing on core areas of the recovery agenda – health care, energy and environment, safety and security, education, community renewal.”
Hmmm...
Oops.
ReplyDeleteSorry I didn't get to say hi to CC upthread.
They were putting FIOS in at work and I had to shut down.
Oops.
ReplyDeleteSorry I didn't get to say hi to CC upthread.
They were putting FIOS in at work and I had to shut down.
I'm sure CC will be along presently. We just had coffee, and CC should be home shortly.
RB,
ReplyDeleteCore areas?
focusing on core areas of the recovery agenda – health care, energy and environment, safety and security, education, community renewal.
Sounds like the who kit-n-kaboodle to me.
Running Bare said...
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, more and mor eis being exposed about the National Endowment for the Arts conference call that seems to have been a big time violation of anti-lobbying laws.
I don't see the problem. It worked great for Stalin.
/
Sounds like the who kit-n-kaboodle to me.
ReplyDeleteOf course it is - they, the left, know this is their ONE SHOT. If they dont' get everything they want between now and the mid-term elections, they know they may never get the chance again for a long time.
I don't see the problem. It worked great for Stalin.
That's what I'm afraid of.